Interior Design 101: How to Enter the Interior Designing Business

Your career as an interior designer does not automatically begin when you finished your degree and training. You need to have a good portfolio, a lot of connections, and many more. Are you ready for those? However, before all of that, here are some questions for you before you enter the business.

Do you have what it takes?

This question is not just about your skills as an interior designer but the courage and confidence you have in entering this world. Skills and experience are badly needed in every job but your will and courage to make your dream job possible is more important. How will you land into a job if you do not have enough confidence that you can do it? Trust yourself that you have what it takes and never question your skills and abilities. The trust you have in yourself will reflect to your works.

Is your portfolio ready?

You have to put an effort to make a good portfolio. Since a lot of interior designers are entering the business as freelancers, you have to make sure that your portfolio stands out from the others and that it can undoubtedly build trust to your clients and it can make them say “Yes” to you. It will really take time before you can call your craft your business. You absolutely have to build your name and start from the bottom. Don’t worry, you will learn a lot of things on the way, at the same time it will make a more credible and trustworthy portfolio.

Are you in for some never ending studying?

Yes, you graduated from college, finished your degree and went to a lot of trainings, BUT, that doesn’t mean you will stop studying. Interior designing is a job wherein you’re client will just give you an empty space and then let you do the magic for them. However, we all know it’s not magic, it will require all of the things you have learned and the things you still have to learn. Interior designers are known for being creative and artistic, but that doesn’t mean that all of your ideas will just come from within you. You have to find some inspirations and open your mind to a whole new world of ideas where you will put all of your inspirations and made one spectacular work.

These are just some of the many things you need to remember before entering the world of interior designing. Remember that as an artist there are countless things you can do to make your work functional and beautiful.